Combined shade roller and curtain-pole fixture



June 19, 19.23.

J. C. BOYDEN COMBINED SHADE ROLLER AND CURTAIN POLE FIXTURE Filed June 3,

Patented June 19, 1923.

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' yAp'plicaton iled `June 3, `19,22. SerialiNo.Y 565,520.`

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Be it known thatl, JOHN C. BoYDEN, a citizen ofthe United States,` residing at Elmwood Place, in the county of Hamilton and State ofv0hio,vhave invented certain new 3 and useful Improvements in Combined Shade Rollergyand Curtain-Pole Fixtures;

and I dok hereby declare the following to .be a full, clear, and exact'description of the 1nparent and suggest themselves as the nature of the invention is understood.

Vhile the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet different conditions and requirements, various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the application, y

Figure 1 is a front View of a fixture embodying the invention, showing the same in position,

Figure 2 is an enlarged top plan view partly in section and parts broken away, and

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of an vend portion of the fixture.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The fixture embodies similar or like members 1 and a coupling 2. The members 1 may be of any length and may bev solid or tubular as found most advantageous. The inner ends of the members 1 are provided with right and left threads, respectively.

The coupling 2 may be of any length andV preferably consists of a length of tubing having its end portions provided with right and left threads to match the threaded ends of the members 1. Rotation of the coupling 2 lengthens or shortens the fixture as required and releases or secures the same as will appear more fully hereinafter.

`Curtain polebrackets 3 are provided at the outerends of the'members 1; and maybe secured theretogin any `preferred way. As shown, screws; f1 engage the `outer ends of the members land confineL the `brackets '3 thereto. The openings fformedin the brackets forthe reception ofthe screws lare countersunk-to" receive portions 'of the member 1 andscrews 4. The inner ends of the brackets 3 depend so as to engage the outer edges of the trimming or facing of a window, as indicated most clearly in Figure 1 of the drawings. The members 1 and .cou-

pling 2 are of such relative lengths as to admit of the inner ends of the brackets 3 clamping the trimmingy or other Aconvenient part of the window whereby to retain the fixture in position and admit of its ready removal for any purpose without marring the window in any particular, as would be the case by the use of nails or screws as fastening means for attaching the fixture.

Shade roller brackets 5 are adjustably` connected to the outer ends of themembers 1. For this purpose, the inner attaching ends lof the brackets 5 are extended and formed with longitudinal slots 6 which receive screws 7 whereby the brackets 5 are made secure in thek required adjusted position. When the'members 1 are round in cross sectionas shown, the inner attaching y ends of the brackets 5 are correspondingly curved to fit the members, thereby preventing turning of the brackets about the screws 7 after the latter have been tightened. When the fixture is in position, the members 1 and coupling 2 rest on top of the facing or trimming and the inner ends of the shade roller brackets 5 are attached to the top side of the members 1, whereby to admit of said brackets being adjusted without necessitating removal of the fixture. The shade roller brackets 5 are preferably constructed of heavy plate metal and as a result they may be bent to any desired position. The fixture is clamped in position by rotating coupling 2 in one direction and is released by rotating the coupling in reverse direction. By providing couplings of different lengths, the fixture may be readily adapted for windows of different widths.

It is to be noted that the shade roller receiving ears of the bracket 5 have their inner faces 5 in the same plane as the edges 6 of the bracket` arm. By so constructing the shade roller supporting brackets, the

"members and tov adjustably connect'the same,

the outerends of said members being internallyscrew threaded, a curtain pole bracket `for each of said members, each of said brackets having al'cou'ntersunk portion to receive vthe ends of'itsrespe'ctive member, a headed screw passing through each of `the brackets and engaging theinternal threads at the.

end portions of the respective members and securingthe brackets tov the members, said brackets each having a downwardly extending portion adapted-to be clamped against the outer. edge of the window :frame on the rotating of the. 'coupling element in one direction to draw the members toward each other, and a shade 4roller bracket adjustably connected to each of said members adjacent the point of connection ofv the curtain bracket. e

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature in presence of `two witnesses.V

e y A JOHN @.BoYDEN. Witnesses:`

HERMAN F.`GOEPFERT, Y "Eva L. BLACK. n 

